diff --git a/srcpkgs/lightdm/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/lightdm/INSTALL
index 8505df50c2c..1b08a3c2a13 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lightdm/INSTALL
+++ b/srcpkgs/lightdm/INSTALL
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 case ${ACTION} in
 post)
-	[ ! -d var/cache/lightdm ] && mkdir -p var/cache/lightdm
-	chown lightdm:lightdm var/cache/lightdm
 	cat <<_EOF
 ==========================================================================
 To make lightdm work, a greeter package must be installed:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lightdm/template b/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
index c7c7808c563..9e7584c490b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'lightdm'
 pkgname=lightdm
 version=1.0.6
+revision=1
 homepage="https://launchpad.net/lightdm"
 distfiles="http://launchpad.net/lightdm/trunk/$version/+download/lightdm-$version.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ conf_files="
 system_accounts="lightdm"
 lightdm_homedir="/var/cache/lightdm"
 systemd_services="lightdm.service"
-keep_empty_dirs=yes
+make_dirs="/var/cache/lightdm 0755 lightdm lightdm"
 
 subpackages="liblightdm-gobject liblightdm-qt lightdm-qt-greeter"
 subpackages="${subpackages} lightdm-gtk-greeter lightdm-devel"